January 9 vs. New Hampshire (7 p.m.)
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LOWELL, Mass. -- The UMass Lowell women's basketball takes the court at the Tsongas Center for the first time in 2019, as the New Hampshire Wildcats make the trip to the Mill City on Wednesday night. 

Three River Hawks scored more than 13 points but it was not enough as Stony Brook pulled away in the fourth for the 76-56 victory. UMass Lowell scored a season-high 24 points in the first quarter and had Brianna Rudolph (Lynn, Mass.) lead the way with 14 points. Linda Svenne (Riga, Latvia) added a season best 13 points, with Katherine Smith (Fort Wayne, Ind.) chipping in 13, as well. Ren'Cia Rolling (Lansing, Ill.) ended the contest with nine assists, one short of tying her career high.

A Win Would..
- Snap the River Hawks' six-game skid against the Wildcats
- Mark UMass Lowell's second highest win total in Division I
- Be the River Hawks' their first AE win against a team other than Vermont since February 21, 2015 (New Hampshire)

Helping Herself
With her 81 helpers, Rolling is 66 assists away from setting the program's all-time single-season assist record, set in 2012-13 by Bianca Simmons (146). In her first season as a River Hawk, Rolling is already fourth all-time in the DI era for assists in a season.

A Look at the River Hawks
-Brianna Rudolph is averaging 11.8 points
-Rudolph and Bri Stiers (Denver, Colo.) have grabbed 5.3 rebounds per game
-Ren'Cia Rolling has 81 assists and 26 steals
-Rolling, Kharis Idom (Orlando, Fla.) and Linda Svenne have combined for 54 of the team's 67 three-pointers
-The River Hawks are shooting 38.3 percent from the field and 30.6 percent from beyond the arc

Scouting New Hampshire
-The Wildcats are in the midst of a five-game losing streak, and enter the matchup at 3-12 and 0-2 in America East play
-UNH is winless on away from Durham, sitting at 0-8 on the road in 2018-19
-Ashley Storey leads the way ih 17.1 points per game, 30 steals and 18 blocks
-Maggie Ahearn is grabbing 6.6 rebounds per game, while Kari Brekke has dished out 40 assists
-As a unit, the Wildcats are connecting on 36.2 percent from the field and 25.5 percent from three-point range

Ain't No Party Like a Tsongas Center Party
The River Hawks are 8-16 all-time in games played at the Tsongas Center, with a 6-15 record in the Division I era. The victory against Vermont on February 11, 2018 was UMass Lowell's first win in the building since the 2016-17 season.

A Budding Rivalry?
UMass Lowell's last four conference wins have come against Vermont, and the Catamounts are the only AE team that the River Hawks have a winning record against.

Turning Mistakes into Points
The River Hawks matched their season high with 24 points off of turnovers in the win at Massachusetts. UMass Lowell outgained the Minutewomen, 24-3, for the team's largest advantage of the season.

Rolling All the Way to the Top
With her 10 assists against Fisher, Ren'Cia Rolling became the program' s DI single-game leader and the first player to reach double digit assists in a game since 2012.

Helping Each Other Out
The 25 team assists by UMass Lowell set a new Division I team high and is the most by a River Hawk team since 2016.

Stealing a Spot in the Records
With her six steals against Bryant, Brianna Rudolph now holds the Division I single-game mark. She now sits sixth in DI career history with 52 swipes.

Stealers and Helpers
The River Hawks have recorded 10+ steals and assists in three contests in 2018-19, a feat the team achieved four times in 2017-18.

Speeding Up the Fast Break
In the first 15 games of the season, UMass Lowell has scored 85 points on the break, nearly doubling last season's average (3.2). The 2017-18 River Hawks only eclipsed eight points three times and matched the output once.

Notables
Stiers has matched her career high of 12 points four times this season ... Garrick became third fastest coach in program history to pick up his first win with UMass Lowell.